Report: Two Additional Matches Added to UFC Fight Night 9

Last week we mentioned the addition of Jeff Joslin and some other up-and-comers to April 5’s UFC Fight Night 9 event. Now, according to MMAWeekly.com, two additional bouts featuring some relative newcomers — as well as a cast member from The Ultimate Fighter’s second season — have been added to the rumored fight card.

UFC Fight Night 9, which will be the second Spike TV-UFC event of 2007, currently features a main event of The Ultimate Fighter 3 welterweight winner Kendall Grove vs. rising middleweight contender Alan Belcher. The premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 5, which features 16 lightweight fighters and coaches B.J. Penn and Jens Pulver, will air after the event.

Just recently, MMAWeekly.com added these two bouts to its rumored fight card:

Wander Braga vs. Kurt Pellegrino

Undefeated lightweight Wander Braga (10-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his UFC debut in this bout. The Brazilian has finished six of his 10 victories via submission but hasn’t faced much in the way of decent competition. Kurt Pellegrino (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) made his UFC debut at UFC 61 and lost via third-round submission (rear-naked choke) to Drew Fickett. He bounced back with his own submission win via rear-naked choke over Junior Assuncao at UFC 64 this past October.

Roan Carneiro vs. Anthony Torres

Veteran Roan Carneiro (10-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) first began his MMA career in 2000. The Brazilian is 10-3 in his past 13 fights and has demonstrated an ability to win via knockout or submission. He’ll face Anthony Torres (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a cast member on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter. Torres lost to the show’s eventual welterweight runnerup, Luke Cummo, in the season’s eighth episode. He made his official UFC debut in August 2006 and picked up a first-round submission win over Pat Healy at UFC Fight Night 6.

The full rumored card, according to MMAWeekly.com, now looks like this: